Wire-securing appliance for fence-posts.



H. M. HUGHS.

Pa tented Sept. 1, 19M

Zia/en WIRE SECURING APPLIANCE FOR FENCE POSTS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 14, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent. I

. Application filed August 14,. 1919;. Serial No. 784,844.

Be it known that I, HARDIN M. Hoses, a citizen 'of the United States,residing'at McComb, in the county of Pottawatomic and the State ofOklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements" inW1re-Secur1ng 'APPlHLIlCQSfOI Fence-Posts and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled and use the same.

This invention relates-to securing means for fence posts, andcontemplates the provision of a holder adapted to be secured to metalfence posts and adapted to secure the vertical and horizontal wires of awoven or barbed wire fence to said posts.

. Another object of my inventionis to provide means for securing theholder to the fence post. I

Another object of my invention is the provision of a wire holderproviding means for preventing movement of the same relative to thepost, and providing means for attaching a securing wire, whereby theholder may be secured to a post. 1 r a i A still further obfect of myinvention is thesprovision of a device'of the class"de' scribed whichwill be'simple, durable, very efficient in operation and comparativelyinexpensive to'manufacture.

'With these and other objects in view the invention consists in "theconstruction, combinati'on and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing,in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout theseveral figures, and in which,

Figure 1' represents a side elevational view of a fence-post constructedaccording to my invention, showing the wire holder in operation thereon,Fig. 2 represents a front 'elevational view of the wire holder showingthe same in operation on a fence post, Fig, 3 represents a sideelevational view of the wire holder showing the same attached'to a post,Fig. 4 represents, a rear or inside elevational viewof the wire holder,and, Fig. 5 represents a top planview of the wire holdershowingthe sameas secured to a fence post, the post being shown in section and aportionof the'wire holder being broken away; t f Y f -Although mywire'holder'i's adapted to is particularly adapted to beused', and said postcomprises a hollow cylindrical tube,

set at its lower end in a concrete-base *2, L

provided at its upper end witha hollow cap Patented sari, 1914.

be l in connection with fence posts'fof 3, the purpose which will .be,hereinafter set forth. 1

The n 'ireholder propercomprises a sub 7 stantially semicylindrical body4: provided viii on its inner faceffnear the oppositekends thereof, withspaced "toothed lugs 5 adapte'd to engage the metal post, as shown inFig 5, for preventing movement or the holder circumferentially of saidpost. is substantially arcuate in form and there spective lugs of.eachpairare oppositely disposed and each lug at its outerfend'merges'with the inner face of the holder, and at its inner end is graduallythickened so as to space the central portion of the inner face of'theholder'from the post. Although the body ofthe holder issubstantiallysemicylindrical in form, the ends or inner edges.

6 of thebody lie in parallel relation and are adapted to: fit snuglyfagainst opposite faces of the fence-post when the holder -is"se'curedthereto; i

[As shown the body 4 is provided with oppositely extendingsubstantially. cylindrical Q arms the plane of the outer faces thereoflying in the same plane with the outer face} of body 4, thus positioningbody. As; clearly shown in Fig. the sides of; the body are provided eachwith a substantially v shaped notch extend ing from one of ar'm's 7rearwardly. At the point where the apex of the notch occurs,

the body is provided with a series of teeth 1:3

8, thepurp'ose of will be hereinafter set forth. I I

The front face of the body 4: is apertured centrally as'at '9, and saidaperture occurs midway between arms? and in a line therei with, and alower and upper aperture 10 1s provided in body h'near'the lower "andupper edges of the same, said apertures occurring in spaced relation tothe upper and lower/edges of the body andinfa line 90 arms 7 reaiwardlyof the outer face of the wire 12, although it is to be understood thatthe exact nature of the wire is optional. At the points where thehorizontal and'vertical wires intersect the same are knotted, as shown,and the 'knots fall in vertical alinement longitudinally of the post 1,and when my holder is put in place, opening 9' will be centered over oneof the knots, and the opposite ends 6 of the body slid onto the post,thus engaging teeth 8 against hori" positely beveled, as shown.

I In order to secure the holder to the post, I employ a securing wire13, which at its central 1 port-ion is looped about the knot formed atthe intersectiong point of the horizontal and vertical wires 11 and 12respectively, and forming a securing knot, and the opposite ends of wire13 are passed thro-ughopening 9, one of said-ends being passed underoneof arms 7, over one of a pair oflugs 14 formed on the body near saidarm and in spaced relation thereto, passed around the post 1 under theopposite arm and between it and its adjacent lug, wrappedaround theopposite arm and around the adjacent portion of horizontal wire 11 andhas its extreme end twisted around a retaining lug 15 formed on lastsaid arm near its outer end, said lug projecting forwardly therefronr;The opposite end. ofthe securing wireis passed over the last said arm,between the sameand the opposite adjacent lug 1st,. around post l inspaced relation with the first-said wire end, over the opposite arm andbetween it and one of its opposite adjacent lugs 14, wrapped around saidarm and the adjacent portion of horizontalwire "11 and has its extremeend twisted around retaining lug 15, formed thereon, forming a perfectgrip. When theends of the securing wire are wrapped, as described, itwill be noted that portions of the securing wire lie against the bevelededges of the V-shaped notches, said edges there'byco-acting with lugs 14in preventing movement of the portions of the wire which embrace thepost, thereby eliminating all possibility of; slack occurring in thesecuring wire, andth-ussecuring the holder in positive andrigidengagement with. the post and thereby pre venting movement of the holderlongitudinally ofthepost.

arm, and the horizontal wires 11 lie in these grooves, and thereforewhen the ends of se- =curing wires are wrapped around said horizontalwires, the latter are clamped over said offsets, as shown in Fig.

It will be noticed that the inner side of body 1 is conically beveledadjacent opening'9, so as to provide a seat for the knot, or-barbed wireor clusters of barbs, occurring at the intersection of the horizontalwires and vertical wires of. the fence, according to the nature of thewire used, so that'should one of the wire strands be broken, no slackwill occur in the remaining portions of that strand. r

In connection with the wire holders, I use anchoring wires, one methodof using the same being shown in Fig. 1, another method being shown inFigs. 2 and WVith both methods, however, I use an anchoring loop 17,formed as shown in Fig, 1, of a length of wire having a looped portioneX tending above the concrete base 2, and having the ends of the wireseated in said base, but although 1 have shown a loop, the anchoringwire may be in the form of a hook, or of a ring, or any other desirableform. In the method shown in Fig. 1, a lower anchoring wire 18 is passedthrough the lower one of perforations 10, has its ends passed throughloop 17 and twisted upon themselves, as shown. An upper-anchoring wire19 is secured at one end through the upper opening 10 in the top. one ofthe series of holders, and has. it-sopposite end twisted about a bail 20secured to oppositely projecting lugs 21 formed on cap 3. Intermediateanchoring wires 22have their ends secured in the adjacent openings 10,of the wire holders. In the method shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the anchoringwires have their ends knotted around the knots formed at theintersection of the vertical and horizontal wires of the fence, and passoutwardly through opening 9 and lie along the outside of the wireholders. The particular method of securing the anchoring wires dependsupon the nature of the wire used in the fence, whether woven or singlewire.

Although I have shown the ends of the lower anchoring wire as twistedtogether to take up the slack in thelength of the anchoring wiresections, it will be understood that I may twist the ends. of any one ofthe anchoring wire sections together, or of a plurality of them, inorder to accomplish this purp,ose.

Although 7 have described the preferred construction, combination andarrangement of parts of my invention, and thepreferred and the scope ofthe appended claims.

Having thusfullydescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A wire securing means comprising a substantially semicylindricalholder adapted to secure fence wires to a post, said holder provided,with spaced toothed lugs adapted to engage said post, saidholderprovided with V-shaped notches through which the horizontal wires of afence are adapted to extend, the vertical wires of said fence adapted toextend between said toothed lugs,

oppositely extending arms formed on said holder, in combination withmeans for 00-- acting with said arms in securing said holder to thepost.

2'. A Wire securing means comprising a substantially semicylindricalholder adapted to secure the vertical and horizontalwires of a fence toa post, said; holder comprising a substantially semicylindrical body,spaced toothed lugs thereon adapted to engage said post, said bodyprovided with sub stantially V-shaped notches through which thehorizontal wires of the fence are adapted to extend, the vertical wiresthereof adapted to extend between said lugs, outwardly eX- I tendingarms on said body, in combination with a wire adapted to beknotted aboutthe intersecting points of saidverticaland horizontal wires, the ends ofsaid wire adapted to be passed around said post in opposite directionspreferably-one .under and one over said arms, and adapted. to be twisted011 said' arms over said horizontal fence wires. i I e 3Q A wiresecuring means comprising a holder. adapted to secure the horizontal andvertical'wires of a fence post said holder comprising a substantiallyvsemicylindrical ,body, means on said body for gripping said post, saidbody provided with substantially V-shaped notches therein, through whichthe horizontal wires of the fence are adapted to extend, the verticalwires of said fence adapted to be positioned between said body and saidpost, said horizontal and vertical wires forming knots at theirintersecting point, said body provided with a central opening adapted tobe centered over said knot, said body adjacent said opening beingconically beveled to form a seat for said knot, oppositely extendingarms formed on said body, retaining lugs formed on said arms, pairs oflugs formed on said body in spaced relationto said arms, said notcheshaving their edges oppositely beveled, said arms provided with groovedoffsets, in which said horizontal wires are adapted to lie, a securingwire adapted to be twisted about said knot, said securing wire twistedat its central portion about said knot, and having its ends extendingoutwardly through said center opening passed in opposite directions oneunder and one over one of said arms, passed around said post in spacedrelation and between said arms and the adjacent lugs on said body, saidends being wrapped around said arms and having their ends wrapped aroundsaid retaining lugs, portions of said ends lying against the bevelededges co-acting with the lugs on said body for preventing movement ofsaid securing wire longitudinally of said post, said securing wirehaving its ends wrapped around sa1d horizontal wire adjacent saidofisets for clamping' said horizontal wire thereagainst.

4. Means for securing the vertical and horizontal wires of a fence to afence post, saidmeans comprising a plurality of semicylindrical holdersadapted to engage said horizontal and vertical fence wires adjacenttheir intersecting points, said holders provided with openings in theiropposite ends, and anchoring wires having their ends passed through saidopenings said anchoring wires connecting said holders.

5. A fence post having its base, seated in the ground, a cap on saidpost, aplurality of wire holders secured to said post and adapted toengage the horizontal and vertical wires of. a fence for securing thesame, connecting means between said cap and the uppermost of saidholders, an anchoring element secured in said base, connecting meansbetween said anchoring element, and the lowermost of said holders, andintermediate connecting means betweensaid holders.

In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name in the presence of twosubscribing Wit-H nesses.

HARDIN M. HUGHSL Witnesses: C. E, FETZER,

ALAN F. GARNER.

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Washington, D. 0.

